Offenbach - Keck: La Périchole (OEK critical edition) (1868/70/74) 150'
Opéra-bouffe in two acts (1868 version) or three acts and four scenes (1874 version)
Music Text
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy; original German version by Ludwig Kalisch; new German version by Stefan Troßbach; new English version by Richard Duployen (F,G,E)
Scoring
Major roles: M(colS),2T,T(Bar),B; minor roles: 4S,3M,2T,Bar,2B; 2 actors (1874 version); chorus; 2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-strings; Viennese orchestration: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-strings

For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
10/6/1868
Théâtre des Variétés, Paris
Hortense Schneider, soprano / Jacques Offenbach
World premiere of version
10/15/2000
Basel
Matthias Schönfeldt, director / Theater Basel / Paul McGrath
Opéra-bouffe in two acts (1868 version) or three acts and four scenes (1874 version)
Music Text
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy; original German version by Ludwig Kalisch; new German version by Stefan Troßbach; new English version by Richard Duployen (F,G,E)
Scoring
Major roles: M(colS),2T,T(Bar),B; minor roles: 4S,3M,2T,Bar,2B; 2 actors (1874 version); chorus; 2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-strings; Viennese orchestration: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-strings

For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
10/6/1868
Théâtre des Variétés, Paris
Hortense Schneider, soprano / Jacques Offenbach
World premiere of version
10/15/2000
Basel
Matthias Schönfeldt, director / Theater Basel / Paul McGrath
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